rain shower

See also: rainshower

English

Alternative forms

rainshower, rain-shower

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English rēnscūr, reġnscūr (“a shower of rain; rainshower”), equivalent to rain +‎ shower. Compare Saterland Frisian Rienskuur (“rain shower”), Icelandic regnskúr (“rain shower”).

Noun

rain shower (plural rain showers)

(weather) A short-lived, mild rainfall.

Translations

short period of rain

Norwegian:
Bokmål: regnbyge m or f, regnskur m or f

Nynorsk: regnskur f

Scanian: reğnbyra f

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